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A list of upcoming professional conferences for educators and industry professionals in Illinois for the year 2014-2015.
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2014 FCS Fall Update Linda Walker, Curriculum Revitalization Project Debbie Hopper, Illinois State Board of Education Special Guests
Business and Industry Guests • St. Louis Dairy Council • Dave Gillett, Galesburg Sewing
2014-2015 PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES • October 23-25, 2014 Illinois Association for the Education of Young Children, Crowne Plaza, Springfield • November 10, 2014, Elite Conference, Bloomington • January 21-25, 2015, Opening Minds Conference (Early Childhood), McCormick Place, Chicago • February 12-13, 2015 IACTE, Paradise Hotel ,East Peoria
February 24-27, 2015 ICE (Illinois Computing Educators Conference), Pheasant Run, St. Charles http://www.iceberg.org/ice_conference • March 13, 2015 ILFCS Conference, I Hotel, Champaign-Urbana • March 25-26, 2015, Connections Conference, Pheasant Run, St. Charles http://www.connectionsproject.ilstu.edu/ • April 16-18, 2015, FCCLA State Leadership Conference, Capitol Area Convention Center Springfield http://www.ilfccla.org/
May 13-16, 2015 Leadership Connections (Early Childhood leaders), McCormick Place, Chicago http://cecl.nl.edu/ • May 16-19, 2015 NRA (National Restaurant Association) McCormick Place, Chicago http://www.restaurant.org/
June 15-17, 2015, NeoCon (Interior Design) Merchandise Mart, Chicago http://www.neocon.com/ • July 5-9, 2015, FCCLA National Leadership Meeting, Washington D.C. http://www.fcclainc.org/ • July 14-15, 2015 IFACSTA, Lisle http://ifacsta-info.weebly.com/
Elite ConferenceFREE • November 10, 2014, Bloomington • High School Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors • Keynote speaker • University Representatives • Professional Development for teachers New • Networking opportunity • 5 CPDU’s
POSSIBLE TOPICS • Knife Skills • Yeast Breads in an hour • Cake Decorating • Candy Making • New equipment available • Align new skills with CR Culinary Arts Lessons • Do YOU have any requests??
Culinary Boot CampSAVE THE DATE! • February 27, 2015, Technology Center of DuPage • June 12, 2015 Lincoln Land Community College • June 19, 2015 Rend Lake College
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH • http://www.idph.state.il.us/about/fdd/fddintro.htm#FDD_FoodHandler_Training • Questions about Food Sanitation Certificate: Call,April Caulk 217-785-2439
Changes in FSSMC • Now a 7 hour training instead of 15 hours • There is no state exam, only a national exam. • Must be renewed every 5 years. Must retake class and exam—no refresher course. • Still $35 for exam.
National Tests for FSSMC • ServSafe (National Restaurant Association) • 360training.com • Environmental Health Testing • Prometric
CURRICULUM REVITALIZATION PROJECTwww.ilcte.org • Check new lessons and e-units • Check new Helpful Links • Update your profile • Webcasts under “About” • Survey Monkey • Newsletter
Mycaert • Update your profile • Search MYcommunity • Share Mycommunity • ECE course outline
FCS Pinterest Boardswww.pinterest.com • Go to Pinterest.com • Search “Using Pinterest in the FCS Classroom” • Click on “boards” • Go to Pinterest.com • Seach “FCS videos” or “Augmented Reality” • Click on “boards”
College and Career Readiness • CTE Fact Sheet • CTE Content Areas • Education for Employment Directory • CTE Legislation
ISBE Update • NSLP Schools • Smart Snacks in Schools (NSLP Schools Only) • New Illinois Learning Standards • Common Core Standards ELA/Math (CC ELA/Math) • Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) • Student Assessment • PARCC; ACT; WorkKeys • Educator Licensure • Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA) • Student Growth
ONLINE EVALUATION • See instructions in packet • Return questionnaire for chance in drawing